Tournament TLT II: Round 4

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Merry Christmas everyone!

Welcome to the fourth week of TLT II! Throughout this tournament, players will battle in a best-of-three/best-of-five(from the 8th round on) format each round, with Smogon's standard tiers being the metagames played. This tournament is also double elimination, so if you're defeated once, you're still in the loser's portion of the bracket.

The tiers that will be played are:

SM Ubers
SM OU
SM UU
SM RU
SM NU
SM PU
SM LC
SM Doubles OU
SM Monotype

In order to fairly determine the three of these nine tiers played in each individual matchup, players will take turns locking and eliminating tiers among themselves. They'll both lock one tier, followed by eliminating three tiers, thus leaving three tiers to be played. The lower seeded player will lock the first tier, followed by the higher seed player. Then the lower seeded player will eliminate the first tier, followed by the higher seed player, and it will repeat in that order two more times. The higher seed player picks what tier is played first of the three tiers. After that, the loser of game one picks which of the two tiers is played for game two. Naturally, game three will be played in the last remaining tier.

(Example: TWW is a one seed, while MJ is a sixteen seed. MJ, the lower seed, decides to lock Ubers, followed by TWW locking RU. At this point, neither Ubers nor RU can be eliminated. MJ, the lower seed, chooses to first eliminate UU. TWW follows with OU. MJ then eliminates LC, and TWW eliminates Doubles OU. MJ then eliminates NU, and TWW eliminates Monotype. So thus the three tiers that would be played are Ubers (what MJ locked in), RU (what TWW locked in) and PU (the tier that didn't get banned). Of these tiers remaining, TWW, the higher seed, chooses to play RU first. TWW then loses game one, and chooses to play PU next. Should it go to game three, the game mode would be Ubers.)

Basic tournament rules - you absolutely should read this, especially if you're new to forum tournaments
Sportsmanship: Don't be an ass. Not to your opponents, not on PS, not on Smogon, not to me. A bit of friendly banter is ok, but please know where to draw the line. Think before you type, please.

Scheduling and Activity Wins: Contact your opponent as quickly as possible on their Smogon wall, and look out for them on PS. You will have one week from the posting of the week's matches to get it done. Extensions will be for two days after the scheduled deadline, and no further. If your opponent is not responding to your post on their wall, cannot be found on PS, or miss multiple scheduled times, make a detailed activity post in the thread letting me know why you deserve the win. No activity post means no activity call. As long as you have visible attempts at scheduling (such as wall posts), you will be fine.

Disconnections and Timer: A timer loss is a loss. No if's, and's, or but's about it. If your opponent is nice enough to replay that's fine, but they are by no means obligated to.

Ghosting and Identity: Don't take or give battle advice or make moves based solely on the suggestions of others, and don't pretend to be someone else in order to play as them. You will be caught, and you will be disqualified from this tournament as well as future PS! tournaments (BLT, PSPL, etc.).

Substitutions: Substitutions will be made only for rounds one & two, with round two subs only being allowed for any participants in the loser's bracket.


Highight matchups:

Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13
Jrdn
vs snøfall
soTsoT vs naruto(sage)
peachyclouds vs Kingofcrimea
Trace vs Hamhamhamham

This round ends December 30th at 11:59pm (GMT-5). Good luck everyone!

Replays are not mandatory but very much appreciated.

If you are a highlight game and want your series to be streamed, please make sure to either post or pm me the scheduled time!
 
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This is how it is going to go down

Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13
leo05051998 vs PokemonCestDur
Mack Knife vs Chaitanya: tie
Jrdn
vs snøfall
Cam vs TheFranklin
100%GXE vs BigBoy038
soTsoT vs naruto(sage)

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea
frisoeva vs PapaBisexual
trace vs Hamhamhamham
PrinceOfAllTacos vs Havens
Taylor vs Plas
Dj Breloominati♬
vs Luthier
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover

Playing Chaitanya 12 pm est tomorrow is mono, dou, ubers
 
Predicts r4 calling it rn LUTHIER TLT II CHAMP
Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13
leo05051998
vs PokemonCestDur
Mack Knife vs Chaitanya
Jrdn
vs snøfall
Cam vs TheFranklin
100%GXE vs BigBoy038
soTsoT
vs naruto(sage)

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea
frisoeva
vs PapaBisexual
trace vs Hamhamhamham
PrinceOfAllTacos
vs Havens
Taylor vs Plas
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover
 
well since i'm out from unfortunate circumstance, i'm free for predicts now:

Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000 OD is literally...OD. Man does so well in the tournaments room.
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13 Former Kawaii Kingler12345678910's teammate w/ a good heart and great battling skill. imo this is a highlight.
leo05051998
vs PokemonCestDur (shrugs)
Mack Knife vs Chaitanya already happened bop
Jrdn
vs snøfall mans is out here winning games through the tsunami against the best, what a titan.
Cam vs TheFranklin MWP Teammate Cam out here to take more souls.
100%GXE vs BigBoy038 dk either but he beat Xiri, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.
soTsoT
vs naruto(sage) I see him lurking here and there, doing well in mono ssnls among others. He'll do fine.

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870 why is he here this early?
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea beating Shiba is a huge powerup for confidence; he's not getting stopped this week
frisoeva
vs PapaBisexual (shrugs)
trace vs Hamhamhamham daishouri!
PrinceOfAllTacos
vs Havens (unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, no matter how bitter. ggs tho)
Taylor vs Plas tournaments king should do well.
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier like SMB, why is he here this early?
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover (shrugs)
 
Trace and I will be playing 3pm +0 Wednesday (probably). Be there or... Don't be there cause trace is garbage and we're playing tiers that require an iq level far surpassing both of our capabilities so it'll probably be shit

Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000 - Honestly he's probably the best all rounder left in the winners bracket. Only way I see him losing is if they somehow end up playing both mono and dou
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13 - this is a fire series. Both should probably take their locked picks. Going with MM for the g3 as I believe he has experience in more of the leftover tiers
leo05051998 vs PokemonCestDur - pcd is on a roll but I foresee some pretty whack tiers being played here that gives an edge to Leo
Jrdn vs snøfall - I think jrdn is a little more experienced over the spread of tiers in general. Should be close games regardless. May just be picking him cause I'm still a bit salty lol
Cam vs TheFranklin - honestly this series is impossible to pick. Siding with cam cause he seems really motivated whereas I don't think I've seen arce9 talk ever
100%GXE vs BigBoy038 - gxe is big heat but I think big boy has the edge if anything just cause of experience
soTsoT vs naruto(sage) - another likely incredibly tight series. Siding with naruto just because he's motivated af as well as the fact that soT's main tier is one of naruto's best too

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870 - negatory needs to bring some alpha cheese to win this
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea - honestly I have no idea. Peachy got further last year and seems generally more consistent
frisoeva vs PapaBisexual - I still don't know who big papi is whilst friso vgc no0b. I expect some Chansey's, audinos and toxepi
trace vs Hamhamhamham - trace is hot garbage i got this ez pz.
Taylor vs Plas - Plas will prob bring some fat shit and Taylor and has 4 sash leads won't be able to break it
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier - we all know this is going to be a g1 mono. Luthier will lose and tilt off the edge of the planet
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover - this guys a low key threat. Chinese food eater esm got bopped and I can see whimpering getting the same treatment
 
Round 4 winners bracket:

OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000 - normally i wouldnt pick against my kryptonite but i cant see od losing this
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13 - fire ass mu. really depends on 2nd tier tho both can play each others tier relatively well. picking ninja since he is comfortable in more tiers iirc
leo05051998 vs PokemonCestDur - pcd is the upset king. rooting for leo here (go weavs :woo:) but think pcd is going to take this
Mack Knife vs Chaitanya - gdi chait stop playing so fast
Jrdn vs snøfall - another hot mu. gonna go with jrdn based on gut feeling. should be a good one
Cam vs TheFranklin - somehow arce9 always finds a way to get deeper into winners than anyone is expecting. cam should take this tho
100%GXE vs BigBoy038 - bb is super flames. no way he goes to losers here
soTsoT vs naruto(sage) - blt 1 ogs battling it out. both are very good and im really excited to see this one. picking naruto cuz more support

Round 4 losers bracket:

SMB vs lightning1870 - yikes hopefully i can play better than i have the last couple of weeks
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea - gotta pick against a weav again :blobsad: but crimea is too hot after last week for me to pick against him. crimea is gonna go deep
frisoeva vs PapaBisexual - fris got this
trace vs Hamhamhamham - lmfao lkap tiers. ham only uses oras dubs teams and trace has never touched the tier. neither play pu or mono. think ham wins this but honestly this is a toss up.
PrinceOfAllTacos vs Havens - ty for rushing. helped my prediction record ;)
Taylor vs Plas - taylor has been playing solidly but plas is better in more tiers
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier - mr. beg for teams to make slam poffs
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover - momo has impressed me more. especially if u look at who he’s played so far

Highlights:
1. MM vs Ninjadog
2. Jrdn vs snofall
3. sot vs naruto
4. ham vs trace
5. peachy vs crimea

also playing LC, DOU, and NU vs SMB @ 10 pm GMT+1
 
Prediction time!!!

ngl there were way too many upsets early on this tour :psygrump:

Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000 - This man's prep game is so Ominous his Draco will unleash 3000 Hell's on Rayquaza Screw you guys for playing while i was making these amazing predictions...

Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13 - The outcome of this game is as Mysterious to Me as it is to a dog. But since the tiebreaker tier is never used, the ninja might have to bow down for the M of Master.

leo05051998 vs PokemonCestDur - The sum of Leo's numbers equals 37. 37 is a prime number. Dividing a primenumber is hard. Therefore I forsee this game to be decided in PokemonCestDur's favor in the third game.

Jrdn vs snøfall - Jrdn is that type of snowboardtrainer that would use such "fire" in games all the snø(w)around him will melt and fall down the mountain. The only thing that can stop this heatman is being put down by an even hotter scald that would need him to apply a burn heal.

Cam vs TheFranklin - Wdym Thefranklin?? Wich Franklin are you? Aretha franklin? Benjamin Franklin?? untill i know wich Franklin I can only side with Cam to win this. Sorry bud...

100%GXE vs BigBoy038 - Now this is a game for the Big Boys. Both players got a great GXE but only 1 will keep their 100% score in the winnersbracket. Since my Zwollse Boy did so good during blt, im convinced he will continue his wrath on 100%GXE

soTsoT vs naruto(sage) - This is a highlight game to watch for the tiers that are going to played by some talented players! Naruto is a Sage, but soTsoT is a wizard (you handle the craft of yellow magic so well dude....) so I have no idea who to pick out here....:blobwizard:

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870 - NoooOOOO why this had to be a game between MyBae and lighting from 1870, a good friend.... I'm sorry, I'm using prankster and I'll be magic bouncing this prediction away. Making predicitons between two friends is a negatory... :psycry:

peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea - ngl ive seen Kingofcrimea play since he's been a small prince and this man has truly grown to become a king (not sure about crimea tho but he definitly earned some royal credits from me as a player). even tho monotype is cl0uds maintier i think KoC will be the peachy one at the end of the fight.

frisoeva vs PapaBisexual - idk much about Papa2sexual but i do know Frisoeva would be the black panther of this match and come out on top of the wakanda mountain. Friso 4 eva!! :blobnom:

trace vs Hamhamhamham - These fuckers... they traced my presence and hope for a quality RU game and they just hamslammed right on it and said "NO." and they even managed to turn a highlight game in a match not worth to watch except for the memes... eitherway goodluck to both of ya and i hope the hax will cancel eachother out.

Taylor vs Plas - the Veteran vs the all rounder! Taylor has his teams taylormade for him but i feel like that the concentration of plasmatic tierknowledge is higher on Plas's side so imma go with him. sowwy taylor....

Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier - DJ breloominati wont be able to mix his ass out of this comet of a try-hard. All jokes aside, If luthier turns on his laser focus everything he targets will be hit critical. even his own plays sometimes... So there ya go DJ try to get Luthier in that teeter dance-groove where he is bound to hit himself with his laser focus.

WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover - Sorry guys dont know enough about you but to keep this in line with the rest of the predicts, I like chinese food to so i guess im a chinese food lover aswell. You'll win! :blobthumbsup:
 
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ay, so I'm finally done with this, probably should have tried to actually win a series till the one vs ham but IT IS WHAT IT IS, now ENJOY my insight on some of smogons best and worst players exposed in tournaments.

Round 4 winners bracket:
OminousDraco vs Hell Rayquaza3000 - this is simple maths, one has numbers in his name, one does not.
Mysterious M vs Ninjadog13 - I think Ninjadog is pretty great but Mysterious M doesnt play LC which means he has a completely different level of understanding for this game.
leo05051998 vs PokemonCestDur - Leo wins doubles and lucks PCD's tier hahaha
Mack Knife vs Chaitanya - I think chait is a solid enough player to pull through (just saw he won alr)
Jrdn vs snøfall - Definetly looking like the most exciting series of the round.
Cam vs TheFranklin - Cam has a 3 letter name which more or less means unstoppable. + he's good at the game so.
100%GXE vs BigBoy038 - I don't think BibBoy is that great but the number in his name is lower so.
soTsoT vs naruto(sage) - spectating his RUWC games this guy has a good understanding for the game and doesnt throw, not someone I would expect to see lose this early.

Round 4 losers bracket:
SMB vs lightning1870 - SMB seems to know what he's doing and, and I know he certainly is one of the best doubles players around so I'm just gonna presume he'll be able to handle this
peachycl0uds vs Kingofcrimea - seems liek its gonna be a pretty solid series, cant really make a call
frisoeva vs PapaBisexual - Friso is my dad actually
trace vs Hamhamhamham - well Ham and I only played one game in a relevant tier, which I won but he seems absolutely unstoppable in untiers so.
Taylor vs Plas - I think plas is actually the best player left in this somewhere with Ham jrdn M and friso
Dj Breloominati♬ vs Luthier - i gave spitfire teams for this but like, he'll throw the first 2 games and we wont even see an ou game :shrug:
WeepingDevil vs Chinese food lover - I'd ask for your number just because of your username.
 
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